The Better Than Cash Alliance is a partnership of governments, companies, and international organizations that accelerates the transition from cash to digital payments in order to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Leading apparel companies have collaborated with each other on the BSR Herfinance program to improve worker well-being through payroll digitization.
This study presents a unique perspective, comparing concrete experiences from large companies to small- and medium-sized businesses.
This paper, jointly released by the Better Than Cash Alliance and the World Bank, summarizes and analyzes the financial challenges faced by older adults.
As part of its commitments to enhance food security, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has introduced mobile phone facilitated cash transfers to feed the 14,500 refugees in Gihem…
Kenya has been hailed as one of the developing world’s leaders in electronic payments. So it should come as no surprise that a sparsely populated, dusty village 500 kilometres from Nairobi i…
Earlier this year, we shared the story of the World Food Programme (WFP) introducing cash transfers on mobile phones at the Gihembe refugee camp in northern Rwanda. …
The Better Than Cash Alliance (BTCA) is supporting the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) work with the authorities in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone to coordinate payments for thousands of treatment centre staff, lab technicians, contacts tracers and burial teams.
Better Than Cash Alliance welcomes The Coca-Cola Company as its member.
December 24 , 2014. Sierre Leone: Marion Sesay gossiped with her two work colleagues while they waited in the shade of a local money handler for their names to be called….
This Diagnostic Study shows that Peru has a powerful opportunity to drive financial inclusion and continue modernizing its economy through further reforms to support digitization of payments.
L'expérience de la Sierra Leone montre qu'il est crucial de se préparer tôt aux paiements numériques avant l'émergence d'une crise.
While in Zambia last week, I was struck by the changes in the mobile money sector that have happened since my last trip in 2011, which admittedly is about 20 years ago in technology years. W…
Sierra Leone’s experience shows the critical importance of preparing early for digital payments before crises hit.
How digitization of payments, transfers, and remittances contributes to the G20 goals of economic growth, financial inclusion, and women’s economic empowerment
700 million new accounts since 2011: The World Bank’s 2014 Global Findex findings
Based on a sample of 62 developing countries, the paper provides empirical analysis showing increase in the use of FinTech has a positive effect on the level of financial inclusion, which in turn advance sustainable economic development.
This International Women’s Day, Marks & Spencer (M&S) is joining the Better Than Cash Alliance to help advance the Sustainable Development Goals.
New data from the World Bank’s Global Findex Database 2021 confirms the centrality of digital payments in reaching financial equality for all.
New partnership will result in promoting digital payments as an important tool to increase security, financial inclusion and economic opportunities in the workplace.
Interoperability drives global digital inclusion. Over 25% more adults access government payments, but siloed systems hinder seamless transactions.